Audio only this week — my phone broke, so no video version.
Our first real mini-sode. This one came out of a conversation with my Quasi-Recovery Exit alumni group about why rest is so uncomfortable for so many of us in recovery.
If you feel like you have to earn your rest the same way you once felt you had to earn your food — that's not a coincidence. I get into where that wiring comes from, what pushing past your limit is actually costing you, and the challenge I want to give you this week.
In This Episode:
Four days without a phone and what it woke me up to
Why rest feels unsafe when you've had an eating disorder
The transactional logic of earning rest — and why it mirrors earning food
Effort and ease, and why it was never meant to be one or the other
What pushing past your limit actually takes from you, even when it doesn't feel like it
Why challenging rest works the same way as challenging a fear food
Why we're hardwired for joy, and what it means that we treat it as optional
What I'm making peace with going into maternity leave
Your challenge this week: do the enjoyable thing before you feel like you deserve it
Timestamps:
0:00 Why this one is audio only 2:30 What four days without a phone did for me 3:30 Where this topic came from 4:30 Why rest is so hard in recovery 5:30 Earning rest the way you earned food 7:00 Effort and ease 8:30 Why rest makes effort feel better 9:30 The episode I didn't record last week 11:00 What pushing past your limit costs you 13:00 How to actually practice resting 14:30 Why joy isn't optional 15:30 Making peace with maternity leave 17:00 Your challenge this week
Resources + Connect with Me:
The Quasi-Recovery Exit — next cohort early 2027: https://recover-with-chloe.moxieapp.com/public/quasi-recovery-exit-application
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